en_tn_condensed/sng/03/05.md

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# daughters of Jerusalem
"young women of Jerusalem." These young women could not hear her and were not present, but the woman speaks as if they were present and could hear her. See Song of Songs 2:7.
# by the gazelles and the does of the fields
Although the daughters of Jerusalem are not there to hear her, the woman is telling them that the gazelles and the does will punish them they break their promise.
# the gazelles
animals that look like deer and move quickly.
# does
female deer
# of the fields
"that live in the countryside." This refers to land that has not been farmed.
# will not awaken or arouse love until she pleases
"will not disturb us until we have finished making love". See how you translated these words in Song of Songs 2:7.
# will not awaken or arouse
"will not awaken"